Re: /usr/lib or /usr/libexec?

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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:27:50AM -0500, Scot Mc Pherson wrote:
> */lib is reserved for libraries generally
> */libexec is reserved for executables initiated by an already runing program.
> 
> linux from scratch limits the use of libexec and we use the option 
> --with-libexec=/usr/bin or /usr/sbin in most cases to eliminate a libexec 
> directory which ends up holding very very few files at all.

This is ugly, libexec executables should be lauched by other
software that knows how to use them/have a need for them, they 
should not be in your (or your users) path.

Carlos


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